
The Last Patrol
After 25 years of service, Scott van Laer reflects on his run as forest ranger and ranger union representative
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After 25 years of service, Scott van Laer reflects on his run as forest ranger and ranger union representative
By Mike DeSocio
Adirondack schools move away from Native American team names, although some remain unchanged.
State and club officials said all 70 permits slotted for Saturday had been reserved online, but a late-season snowstorm on Friday may have altered some hikers’ High Peaks plans.
By Times Union
As vaccination efforts remain slow in Canada, pandemic continues to impact relations
Christine Campeau, school programs manager at the Adirondack Experience for more than two decades teaches children about Adirondack history.
An old iron-ore tailings pile at a Star Lake mine is slated to become a solar power plant under a lease deal with the state.
By James Odato
The hulking factory in the middle of the village has stymied revitalization efforts since it closed years ago. Tupper Lakers hope that's about to change.
This summer, camps across the Adirondacks will reopen, filling cabins, launching canoes and relighting those campfires, albeit carefully.
Decades of experience suggest the state needs to do more to protect shorelines, uplands, and the privately owned backcountry
The APA gave the go-ahead to the DEC for a new campground at the Hinckley Reservoir Day Use Area in the southwestern corner of the park.